Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-02
$39,612.25

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Capt Symons states that ne does not propose t
| assess for II or 3inch mains though one fails e
see why. The Government 12-tnch main Is tappef
all the way from Georgetown to the Nayy-Yard
and parties have been assessed for IL.
Now, the most OF the 6inch main laid last veal
was in the center OF the street and Is assessed tt
report to show that any was laid on both sides
though a few thousand feet was laid on one side
deduct $50 feet for intersections as shown by re
port, and 200 feet more for corner lots, leaving
1853 linear feet to be assessed on both sides OF the
| street. Estimating the lots at average OF 1Ol
rect deep, which gives 632 900 square feet to be
assessed, at IL cents per square foot, making the
| assessments for the 6-inch main alone amount to
So, $50, showing profit to the corporation on
the 6-inch mains, with nothing charged for the IL
e,352 feet, OF $s2eO7.5o deduct cost, $50 612. IS
showing staring him in The face Capt. Symons in.
Asts on increasing the water tax to IN cents pei
square foot.
WAS THERE ANY NECESSITY FOR INCREASING TH1
Capt. symons puts the amount Of water tar
levied for the year ending June &c. 1885, at
$45, O9020. Even this shows profit to the corpo-
ration OF s.. 47795; "but," says Capt Symons, 1--WE
have got to provide for the appropriations for the
the cunning OF this. In their estimates the Com
missioners state that they require as follows, to
wit:
Salaries s 15,e $685.
Contingent Expenses Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Pumping expenses and pipes distribution. 1875 600
Whdo upOu col vi uotS CdpI Sy WduJ vi
s. 900 for contingent expenses7 Mr.. cox got along
with 81 900 and asked for no more. Congress took
of 81 600 from the first two items and S,5 600 from
the last Item. They have an appropriation OF
$500, 600 for pumping expenses and pipe distrtbu-
t1on." DO they need Chis sum? l think 1t can be
800 900 to pay cost Of laying GOO feet Of main
last year they laid a ,544 feet ncludlng pumping
S5S, o5.72? (See report 1885, p. 1871 Will Capt
Symons please answer this question?
The plain truth Is that no such appropriations
are required for expenses the coming year. These
heavy appropriations, based on the Commission
ers estimates made pretext for raising water
rates. They are not obliged to expend all the
money they can persuade Congress to appropriate.
The captain points TO the tax collector as the
only authorized person to receive the corporation
money, and asks:
HOW Is IT POSSIBLE FOR DEFALcArIoN TO OCCUR
under the present mode Of doing business? Why,
that is the easiest thing in the world. Fortunes
can be stolen every year before anything gets to
the tax collector. There are a thousand ways by
which 1t can be done. hope there Is no one 80
verdant as not to see how it can be done.
We have at last got admission from the head
Of the water department that there has been a
defalcation In that Office, but he declines to In
form The people from where the money was stolen
or to the amount OF the defacatlon. He says
registrar that was there at the time is dead 1
know that, but are not those who shared in the
pl under alive ana at large?
call the attention OF the President to this
NATTER and respectfully ask II he thinks 1t right
IAaC oOSA oeeitS Va VIII uc hui
order an Overhauling OF this water Department.
take the liberty to name the following well-knOwn
gentlemen as an auditing committee to inveSti-
gate affairs Of the water department. viz: Regi-
maid Fendall, Jessie B. Wilson and William G.
Dodge.
Mr.. Fendall is president Of the committee OF one
hundred and resides in the West End. Mr.. Wilson
is president OF Association No. s. and resides in
the center OF the city; Mr.. Dodge is president Of
Association NO. and resides on Capitol Hill.
have not spoken to either OF these gentlemen upon
the subject, and do not know that they would
Two are democrats and one republican. They
have the confidence or the people, and whatever
they might say would be accepted as true. VIII
the President authorize them to act?
There are many points that l am obliged to
omit, owing to the length OF this article, the i'm
portance OF which may cause me to recur to the
subject again. j. H. CRANE.